Always I Am Caesar

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7525-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

By examining his military and political career, home life and relationships with women, Always I Am Caesar provides a vivid portrait of Caesar’s life and the times of ancient Rome during its transition from republic to empire. - Provides a richer portrait of Caesar’s life by viewing him from multiple perspective and relating him to broader Roman society
- Explores aspects of Caesar’s career in cultural and social terms
- Engaging and witty style will appeal to general readers

Zielgruppe

For undergraduate courses in Roman History, the History of the Late Republic, or Roman Society. Also for High School Latin classes and for general readers interested in ancient Rome.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tatum, W. Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Charts, Maps, and Figures vi

Acknowledgements viii

Charts ix

Maps xii

Introduction 1

1 Caesar the Politician: Power and the People in Republican Rome 18

2 Conquests and Glories, Triumphs and Spoils: Caesar and the Ideology of Roman Imperialism 42

3 Pontifex Maximus: Caesar and the Manipulation of Civic Religion 61

4 The Stones of Rome: Caesar and the Sociology of Roman Public Building 80

5 My True and Honourable Wife: Cornelia and Pompeia, Calpurnia and Cleopatra 99

6 Great Men and Impersonal Groundswells: The Civil War 122

7 Great Caesar Fell: Philosophy, Politics, and Assassination 145

8 The Evil that Men Do: Caesar and Augustus 167

Important Dates 189

Bibliography 190

Index 194

Über Autor(innen)

W. Jeffrey Tatum is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney and was formerly the Olivia Nelson Dorman Professor of Classics at Florida State University. He has published extensively on topics in Latin Literature and Roman History. Several chapters in this book originated from a series of lectures Dr. Tatum delivered in 2005 when he was the De Carle Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities at the University of Otago in New Zealand.